Shloka 65
The Greatness of Kāśī (Kāśī-māhātmya) and Avimukta’s Liberative Power
समुद्रस्यैव रत्नानामविमुक्तस्य विस्तरः । ज्ञानविज्ञाननिष्ठानां परमानन्दमिच्छताम् ॥ ६५ ॥
samudrasyaiva ratnānāmavimuktasya vistaraḥ | jñānavijñānaniṣṭhānāṃ paramānandamicchatām || 65 ||
正如大海是无尽珍宝的广大宝藏，阿毗穆克多（Avimukta）亦复广大丰饶，赐予安住于智（jñāna）与证智（vijñāna）者，彼等求取至上安乐。
Suta (narrating the Narada Purana discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It portrays Avimukta (Kāśī) as a boundless spiritual treasury—like an ocean of jewels—especially fruitful for seekers grounded in both scriptural knowledge (jñāna) and realized insight (vijñāna), leading toward supreme bliss (paramānanda).
Though the verse emphasizes jñāna and vijñāna, it supports bhakti indirectly by elevating Avimukta as a sacred locus where sincere seekers—often approaching with devotion, pilgrimage, and worship—gain inner clarity and the bliss that devotion ultimately aims at.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the Narada Purana’s tirtha-focused guidance that sacred places like Avimukta are especially conducive to deepening jñāna (doctrinal understanding) into vijñāna (direct realization).